Countries
Laos
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Interesting Facts
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
lao
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Macedonian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Analytic